Huge Dirt Modified Crash (Destroyed In Seconds)

[zackman23ful]

DavidW2340 this is my home track my friend runs the big blocks this track you can have the biggest engine up to 600 cubic inches but usually they run 530 to 550. them little imca slow behind latemodels with out fenders suck i seen em they look like crap and run that way to only sertain tracks they are good but the y suck other places.

[mortensen1961]

Car 54, where are youuuuuu. . . 

[iceman83458345]

I hate how when dirt racing shows up on shows like this, they are FULL of misinformation. "$60,000 modified is a total loss"? Fuck off, Discovery.

[VHT418]

@iceman83458345 Not everybody can be like Gypsum or Hearn. If you're a privateer, and you're car is demolished, that's a pretty big loss.

[rcderek22]

I wonder how much it costs to add those sounds to my race car? 

[toodekor]

I <3 Destroyed In Seconds!

Random sfx ftw!

[jimihendrixtribute]

@DavidW2340 when I'm talking about 875-900 hp sprints, I'm talking about local guys that run Friday and Saturday night races at local circuits.. And the mods where I live don't have a cubic inch limit, but 454s and 460s are the weapons of choice.. And you might lose 40-50hp between the motor and the rear wheels, but you aren't gonna lose hundreds.. So I'm not as dumb as you may think I am

[DavidW2340]

@jimihendrixtribute k, so where your from.. the sprint cars that are limited to a track or 2 on fri/sat night ,spend money on Gaerte quality motors yet they only race locally? Not saying they dont, im just saying thats pretty crazy having your local saturay night boys running those kind of motors when their not running for points around the nation. Where i live a couple of the better local 410s may make upwards of 750-800 honest hp, but thats about it.

[DavidW2340]

@jimihendrixtribute and another question if i may, not to be a dick here.. but, if there isnt any cubic inch limit why would they limit themselves to run 454 and 460 cubic inch motors? even 500 inches is considered small nowadays in the world of big block cubes.Some of our small blocks are 440+ cubes because as i said we dont have a cubic inch limit and it really opens the door for easy hp/tq. + the fact theres no tire rule, so you can really lay the power down.

[jimihendrixtribute]

@DavidW2340 because when you have TOO much power, you can't hook the cars up, and weight is also an issue too.. It's not about power.. There could be a car thats 500+ cubes that only has 700hp and it could beat a 410 with 900 horsepower if its hooked up right.

[DavidW2340]

@jimihendrixtribute ya, that's very true. that's what im getting at sort of. Why not have a large cube motor that makes the same amount of power in the lower rpm ranges so that you don't have to rev the motor so high. You could "grunt" the car off of the corner instead of using high Rs. Even though turning rpms is alot of fun, and as a rule of thumb in a scenario where cubic inches are limited whoever is turning the most Rs is generally gonna be faster.

[jimihendrixtribute]

@DavidW2340 I guess its also about what engines are cheaper and easier to get ahold of around my area too.. I don't think there are many places you can find rarer motors around where I live

[smackythefrog23]

@DavidW2340 its more fun for the fans to hear the motor revving out to where its about to pop, or near that threshhold, and the thought is that by applying 100% power via the gas pedal, you are extracting 100% of the power from the engine when logic dictates that an engine approaching destruction point is producing less usable horsepower, and more wheel spin. buzz the engines around 5000, and use the huge blocks, and much more on the ground. sadly, ppl thing louder is faster.

[zackman23ful]

but he most of the times runs the 516 the 532 is in his backup car

[zackman23ful]

my neighbor races here and he has a 532 and a 516 cubic inch engine in his car

[kirklawson90]

If you show up at Delaware International with a 400 horse power motor in any class you better have brought plenty of beer, cause you'll be sittin on top your trailer watchin the features drinkin it.

[jimihendrixtribute]

@kirklawson90 yeah big block modifieds push out 900+ horsepower, so 400hp isn't gonna do jack shit

[76940racing]

accually, at Delaware International speedway, there is no Cubic Inch limit for the Big Block Modifieds. S0 that really opens the door for the HP numbers. with the technology we have today those numbers tend to be pretty close. they are all alluminum motors and I can honestly say ive seen one man out there turn a big block like a small block. some of them motors have a totally different tune then the others. as the old saying goes. "speed costs money, how fast do ya wanna go?"

[DavidW2340]

I like all of the bullshit hp talk. when someone tells you their motor makes "x" amount of power you can usually subtract a couple hundred horses from that number and you'll be more in the ball park of the honest number of hp their motor makes. true story...

[lilkdude8687]

@DavidW2340 i agree with you on that one man. i dont believe anything hp numbers unless i see dyno sheets.

[jimihendrixtribute]

@DavidW2340 actually, no, because these motors are really tuned for performance. They for 1, run on Methanol fuel, which gives you a considerable amount of horsepower, there aren't any mufflers, and there are countless other things done to them to make them push out alot more horsepower. 410ci sprints push out 875-900 horsepower, and I think alot of guys that run big block modifieds run 454ci engines.. Or at least where I live they do

[DavidW2340]

@jimihendrixtribute k. and you believe that everyone posting here on youtube about their own personal motors has top of the line professional equitment? When you talk about 875-900hp sprint cars, your talking about proffesional sprint cars that travel the circuit.Your not speaking for every saturday night special track based sprint car around the nation (wich the sport is built on). Your talking ~40k-60k$ sprint car motors. Not the average racers motor, whos posting here on you tube.

[DavidW2340]

@jimihendrixtribute continued: also, im talking about HONEST hp being put down on the track... even though power to rate ratio is pretty insane even in modified classes.

[DavidW2340]

@jimihendrixtribute also, where I live the small block "imca" type modifieds dont even have a cubic inch limit or a tire size rule. We run D-40 10.5" hoosiers for example on our mod. So, 454 cube big blocks is a big deal where you live?

[raceteam21a]

I ran my smallblock at that track the day before this incident and that was 650hp the bigblocks are running 800 + hp.I no there was some guys running smallblocks in that race also,it was the last race of the year.The day before they took a guy out in a helicopter that rolled in a mod lite.

[mxfreek09]

These are not Modified Lites, Im sure of that, I was at this race. But anyways here is some info - the track is Delaware International Speedway, the cars in this particular race are Big Block Modifieds (Northeastern Modifieds as some may call them). These are not the type of Modifieds that are sanctioned by UMP, IMCA, or USMTS if anyone was curious. Im not exactly sure how much horsepower they have but the track does not have strict engine rules so most of them would probably have 700+

[stabbification]

800 horse power lmao...try 400 to 450 at most

[vindavison]

@stabbification thats the stupidest thing i ever read in my life....my dads modified has 600hp most of the good guys like USMTS have like 700

[43labontepetty]

@stabbification try about 600, maybe 700 if they're IMCA's

[FrankfortHigh]

@43labontepetty yea imca's run right around 700 on alcohol

[VHT418]

@stabbification I'd have to assume you're trolling. If not, you might wanna look up " big block north east dirt modifieds" if you're serious about that.

[hoosierredneck1]

That car isnt a total loss, their are a lot peices that can be salvaged from it.

[VHT418]

@hoosierredneck1 to be fair, we don't really know that. the engine could be fucked, the suspension scrapped, yada yada yada..

[hoosierredneck1]

@VHT418 That is true also. I guess Im an optimist. lol

[DMJR13]

HOLY SHIT! A wooden fence? they need work on safety. If that hit the fence directly and not the post, then a bunch of people would be dead.

[jarradw411]

@DMJR13 Your right.there is little protection between a wooden fence they should have put in a steel fence wich is much more durable

[DMJR13]

@jarradw411 not counting that wood can break into pieces if hit. Even though those cars have roll cages, pieces of wood could fly into the cockpit and penetrate or impale the driver. Its simple physics. Run a modified into a steel pole and no pieces of metal would be in the car, but if it were a wooden pole, it would be a whole different story. Watch one of the early Indie 500 fatal crashes and it shows one of the cars run into wooden boards. It shatters like glass!

[jarradw411]

@DMJR13 Yep. So Track safety officials should not think that no car is going to crash into the fence.So they put a wooden fence up!!

[mxfreek09]

@DMJR13 You cant tell with this video but its not all wooden. What it is though is thick wood posts with 3 cables running through them (Top, middle and, bottom) to prevent the car from going through if one post breaks. Almost like a rubber band, it just absorbs the impact . Also their is a metal fence material over the front of the poles which is supposed to keep large debris from entering the crowd. Its been pretty effective at this track. Also. there is not usually wrecks this bad there.

[L3GITxDnOsaRus]

LMAO They put delmar on Discovery channel i go to this track like every weekend

[CasyMers41]

That wall is way too low. My track is Hagerstown Speedway, the front stretch wall is probably 5-6 feet tall, at the 1:40 mark, the guy standing by the wall, the wall only comes to about his waist.

[mousetrap3509]

at 1:25 the guy looks like Ben Roethlisberger, also in pain.

[Liynkx]

how do you bruise a rib?

[masterteen2]

@Liynkx just like how you bruise a elbow or knee im not being a smart @ss im for real btw bud

[juggalofreakicp]

what track is this?

[projectspillman]

the first 1's are mod lite they only have about 115 to 150 hp

[SideSwap1]

EH gay these are mod-lites not modifieds

[kyledearing100]

1 word for injuries and crash.DAMN

[wweHHH1]

now why would they flip the car over with him still in it...my hometrack did this a few years back and when the flipped it over the fuel got mixed around and it exploded the car killing him....we still miss ya Dwight RIP

[juggalofreakicp]

@wweHHH1 they dident do it on purpose racin acesents like this are just that man trust me i have flipped be fore in a mod lite and i swear i had contact with this guy i knew very well cause he was runnin behind me but after i watched the video i saw that no one hit me in that car and i said i was sorry to the guy cause i blamed him

[pimpdaddygar]

its us13 in delaware

[RRcheezesports16]

i was there wen this happend btw thoes big medal poles there talking about are actully rotten wood

[CasyMers41]

@RRcheezesports16 At the 1:40 mark, if you pause it, you can clearly see they are wood poles

[burtonfan1995]

what track was this?

[projectspillman]

those first 1's were mod lites

[blainekingbk]

its a shame to see dumbasses like that role off the track n think theres enough room to just keep racing